Chisum endorses King in House District 88 race

Chisum says race has tinge of dishonesty

AUSTIN — Saying he is disgusted with the dishonesty of the re-election campaign of state Rep. Jim Landtroop, departing Rep. Warren Chisum said Friday he is endorsing Canadian school board president Ken King in Tuesday’s Republican primary runoff in Texas House District 88.

“The people of the Panhandle deserve better,” said Chisum, who for 24 years has represented the district Landtroop is running in. Most counties the Plainview lawmaker currently represents went to neighboring districts when the Texas Legislature took on redistricting.

Chisum, who is now running for an open seat in the Texas Railroad Commission, said what upset him most is Landtroop’s charge that as a school board member, King raised taxes.

On the contrary, during King’s five-year tenure, the school district’s taxes have gone down, said Chisum, of nearby Pampa.